Obit: Grottke, Walter Ernest (1901 - 1974)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Grottke, Scharf, Kalsow, Bauer, Cummisford, Durni, Sternitzky, Nickel, Jahnke, Winter, Winkler, Cook, Adsit, Abel, Thompson, Mickel, Gloff, Derge, Schlinsog, Wilhelm, Johnson, Balster, Amacher, Fisher, Schoenherr, Lehman, Lindloff

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 9/12/1974

Grottke, Walter Ernest (3 April 1901 – 5 September 1974)

Funeral services were held Monday, September 9, from St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church for Walter Ernest Grottke, Rt. 3 Neillsville, who died September 5 at the age of 73. The Rev. Norman W. Lindloff officiated, and burial was made in the Neillsville City Cemetery. Arrangements were made by the Georgas Funeral Home.

Walter Grottke, the son of Ernest and Anna (Scharf) Grottke, was born April 3, 1901, in Clark County, and attended local schools. He was active in the dairy industry all his life, operating the Neillsville Dairy for many years and working at various cheese factories, and was employed at the Neillsville Milk Products Cooperative for the eight years preceding his retirement.

His marriage to the former Evelyn Kalsow took place April 21, 1946, in Neillsville. Mr. Grottke was a member of the St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Survivors, in addition to his wife, include two daughters, Mrs. Patrick (Vicki) Bauer, Fairbanks, Ak., and Mrs. Thomas (Gloria) Cummisford, Milwaukee; two sisters, Miss Alma Grottke, Milwaukee, and Mrs. Faune (Ida) Durni, Merrillan; four brothers, William Grottke, Sauk City, Ben Grottke, Marshfield, Herbert Grottke, Merrillan, and Arnold Grottke, Platteville; and four grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Roger Grottke, Ronald Kalsow, Jeff and Jim Cummisford, and Gary and Allen Sternitzky.

Edward Schoenherr sang “Who Knows When Death May Overtake Me’ and “The Lord’s My Shepherd.” Victor Lehmann was the organist.

Those from out-of-town who attended the services were as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Bauer, Fairbanks, Ak.; Mr. and Mrs. William Grottke, Sauk City; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cummisford and Jane, Miss Alma Grottke, and Jeff Cummisford, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cummisford and daughter, Menomonie, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Sternitzky, and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Grottke, Marshfield.

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Sternitzky, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sternitzky, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Nickel, Mrs. Edna Jahnke, Mrs. Celon Winter, Mrs. Henry Winkler, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sternitzky, Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Sternitzky, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Sternitzky, Edward Kalsow, and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Cook, Granton; Mr. and Mrs. Faune Durni, Herbert Grottke, Mr. and Mrs. John Adsit, Mrs. Emily Abel, and Irene Thompson, Merrillan, Mrs. Mildred Kalsow and Ronald, Menomonee Falls;

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mickel, Nekoosa; Miss Nancy Bauer, Eau Claire; Mrs. Fala Gloff, Miss Lois Nickel, Mr. and Mrs. John Derge, Mr. and Mrs. Varvin Schlinsog, Joseph Wilhelm, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Johnson and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Balster, and Mr. and Mrs. Hans Amacher, Abbotsford; Mr. and Mrs. Mason Fisher, Jr., Wauwatosa.